#C697C9#C697C9

#C697C9 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.088 H 324.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C697C9
RGB	rgb(198, 151, 201)
HSL	hsl(296, 32%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(296, 25%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 24.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, 26.11, -18.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 32.24, 324.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% 0.0714 -0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.088 324.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.8967, 38.3572, 60.2856)
Luminance	0.3836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C697C9 #9AC997

analogous

#AD97C9 #C697C9 #C997B3

triadic

#C697C9 #C9C697 #97C9C6

tetradic

#C697C9 #C9AD97 #9AC997 #97B3C9

square

#C697C9 #C9AD97 #9AC997 #97B3C9

split-complementary

#C697C9 #B3C997 #97C9AD

monochromatic

#934E97 #B06FB4 #C697C9 #DCBFDE #F2E8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#C697C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#C697C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C697C9

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C697C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C697C9	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A3CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA8C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99BA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c697c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 151, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.088 324.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8b6d9',
    500: '#c697c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c697c9;
$custom-light: #d8b6d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c697c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.4,
    "s": 31.646,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73679,
    "c": 0.08781,
    "h": 324.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C697C9

secondary

#D7E5D7

accent

#AA3B42

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FA

border

#D3D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C697C9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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